LEVY Andrea [1956-] Novelist. Born in London, England. NOVELSSmall Island (2004: winner of the 2005 Orange of the Oranges Prize for Fiction, the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction, the 2004 Whitbread Award for the Novel and the Book of the Year, the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book, Eurasia Region, and the overall winner of the 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book; shortlisted for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction); Fruit of the Lemon (1999); Never Far From Nowhere (1996: longlisted for the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction); Every Light in the House Burnin’ (1994)

WILLIAMS Niall [1958-] Novelist, playwright. Born in Dublin, Ireland. NOVELSOnly Say the Word (2005); The Fall of Light (2001); As It Is In Heaven (1999: shortlisted for the 1999 Irish Times Literature Prize); Four Letters of Love (1997) PLAYSThe Way You Look Tonight (2000) NONFICTIONThe Luck of the Irish: Our House in County Clare (with Christine Breen) (1995); The Pipes are Calling: Our Jaunts Through Ireland (with Christine Breen) (1990); When Summer’s in the Meadow (with Christine Breen) (1989); O Come Ye Back to Ireland: Our First Year in County Clare (with Christine Breen) (1988)

About Me

I am a senior book and magazine editor who lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I love books and the freedom to read whatever makes me happy: both fiction and nonfiction. I have always been obsessed with the relationship between literature and life and its role in society. As an editor, I have edited many books, but never get tired of the grand adventure of reading. We must never underestimate the redeeming power of fiction in our lives. The idea that there is something out there that is far, far bigger than our lives sustains some of our lives. I am the co-editor of URBAN ODYSSEYS: KL STORIES.